{"product_id":"stag-dance-a-quartet-9780593446355","title":"Stag Dance: A Quartet","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.\"--Miranda July, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll Fours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE - LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eVULTURE'S \u003c\/i\u003eTEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Elle, Electric Lit, them, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters's keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStag Dance, \u003c\/i\u003e the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree startling stories surround \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e \"Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones\" imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In \"The Chaser,\" a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, \"The Masker,\" a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e provokes, unsettles, and delights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey Peters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593446355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTorrey Peters \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of the novel \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was named one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa and an MA in comparative literature from Dartmouth. Peters rides a pink motorcycle and splits her time between Brooklyn and an off-grid cabin in Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Torrey Peters \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733889368221,"sku":"9780593446355","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b28e588a-e387-4401-807d-83fe221cbff6.jpg?v=1773737897","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/stag-dance-a-quartet-9780593446355","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}